Faraway Eyes (Live)

As I was driving home, early one Sunday morning

Through Bakersfield, California

Listening to music on the colored radio station

The preacher said, "You know you always have the Lord by your side"

I was so pleased to be informed of this

I ran twenty red lights in his honor

Thank you, Jesus

Thank you, Lord

I had an arrangement to meet a girl

And I was kind of late

And I thought by the time I got there, she'd be off

With the nearest truck driver she could find

Much to my surprise

There she was, standing in the corner

Was the girl

With the faraway eyes

I wanna tell you

So if you down on your luck

I know you all sympathize

Get a girl

With faraway eyes

And if you're downright disgusted

And life ain't worth a dime

Get a girl with faraway eyes

Alright, everybody

Yeah, the preacher kept right on saying that all I had to do

Was send ten dollars to the church

Of the Sacred Bleeding Heart of Jesus

Located somewhere in Los Angeles, California

And next week they'd say my prayer on the radio

And all my dreams would come true

So I did

The next week

I got a prayer

For the girl

Well, you know what kind of eyes she got

I wanna tell you

So if you down on your luck

I know you all sympathize

Get a girl

With faraway eyes

And if you're downright disgusted

And life ain't worth a dime

Get a girl

With faraway eyes

Alright

So if you down on your luck

I know you all sympathize

Get a girl

With faraway eyes

And if you're downright disgusted

And life ain't worth a dime

Get a girl

With faraway eyes